Course Profile - Curriculum Services Canada

– describe, in general terms, human development from conception to the growth of human organs
and body proportions, including embryonic human development from early cleavage to the
morphological stages;
BY1.10
– distinguish between somatic and reproductive cells and describe factors that may alter genetic
material in both types of cells (e.g., uncontrolled exposure to a radioactive source and other
mutagens).
Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
BY2.01
– formulate scientific questions related to reproduction (e.g., “What factors affect the health of
the mother and foetus during the human pregnancy?”);
BY2.02
– demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct an inquiry into reproduction, using
instruments and tools safely, accurately, and effectively (e.g., use a microscope at an appropriate
level of magnification to locate and view nuclear division on a slide);
BY2.03
– select and integrate information from various sources, including electronic and print resources,
community resources, and personally collected data, to answer the questions chosen (e.g.,
investigate the effects that ultraviolet radiation, carcinogens, water pollution, toxins, or nuclear
radiation have on developing organisms);
BY2.04
– analyse qualitative and quantitative data and explain how the evidence gathered supports or
refutes an initial hypothesis (e.g., propose an explanation for trends in the optimum reproductive
years of women and, following data collection, evaluate the accuracy of that explanation);
BY2.05
– communicate scientific ideas, procedures, results, and conclusions using appropriate language and
formats (e.g., describe the steps involved in spore and gamete production in mosses and explain
the relationship between them);
BY2.06
– defend orally a given position on an issue or problem, based on their findings;
BY2.07
– use a microscope or microviewer to identify the various stages of mitosis (e.g., use prepared slides
of mitosis);
BY2.08
– design and conduct an investigation into the stages of cell division to determine changes taking
place in the nucleus and cell membrane (e.g., prepare slides of mitosis and observe them through a
microscope);
BY2.09
– use a microscope to make scientific observations of an organism undergoing fission by the
process of cell division (e.g., prepare a slide or use a prepared slide to draw an organism
undergoing fission);
BY2.10
– predict the number of cell divisions required to produce a certain number of cells.
Relating Science to Technology, Society and the Environment
BY3.01
– demonstrate an understanding of the historical development of reproductive biology and outline
the contribution of the microscope to knowledge in the field (e.g., describe the impact of the
microscope on the development of scientific understanding of breeding);
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